Syracuse, N.Y. — Two of the big players on the Syracuse-area menswear scene will soon be one.

Men's Wearhouse announced plans to buy Jos. A. Bank earlier this week. The companies began dancing toward a deal in October when the smaller Jos. A. Bank first made an offer for its bigger rival, according to Forbes.

A series of moves and offers followed until this week's announcement. Men's Wearhouse will buy Jos. A. Bank for $65 a share in a deal worth $1.8 billion.

The acquisition should close by the third quarter this year.

But what does that mean for Central New York? It's hard to say at this point.

So far, the chains haven't announced plans for any store closings. Jos. A. Bank will continue to operate under its own name.

Once the deal is final, the combined company will have about 23,000 employees and $3.5 billion in sales. It will have 1,700 stores in the U.S., including more than 600 from Jos. A. Bank and more than 1,100 from Men's Wearhouse.

And while store closings aren't on the immediate agenda, it seems likely duplicate locations will shut down at some point, according to Reuters.

Locally, Jos. A. Bank has stores at Destiny USA and the Fayetteville Towne Center. Men's Wearhouse has locations on Erie Boulevard in DeWitt and at the Market Place plaza in Cicero.

The DeWitt Men's Wearhouse and the Towne Center Jos. A. Bank are only a few miles apart.